Essays and Research Papers on Psychology Mixed

A 6 page overview of the applicability of this personality assessment test in deciding whether to pursue employment in the counseling occupation. This paper reviews the test results for one fictional individual factor by factor to emphasize that the combination of the factors do indeed suggest compatibility with counseling. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 5 page book review of Kay Redfield Jamison's autobiography An Unquiet Mind. Jamison, a renown expert in manic depression, reveals in this book that she suffers from this mental disorder. The writer argues that Jamison, without being preachy or pedantic, obviously intends for her book to inform her readers as to the specifics ...

9 pages in length. Understanding how infants develop cognitive characteristics is an aspect of scientific study that has been examined from many sides; while some experts believe the learning process is comprised strictly of environmental stimuli, others contend that genetics play an integral role in the final outcome. By using examples to illustrate ...

This 5 page paper considers two models that may be used by a counsellor; Work Adjustment Theory and the Holland theory types and considers which of these two models would be best to use when counselling an addict.

This 5 page paper provides an overview of dreams and dreaming content. Several journal articles are discussed. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 5 page paper discussing theft not as a result of external conditions, but rather as a defect of character. The greater pity of theft and its effect on the thief is that s/he wastes time without producing anything of value. Money and things are temporal and never last forever. If lost ...

A 4 page paper providing a study in whether dream recall can be influenced by providing pre-sleep suggestions. The hypothesis is that suggestions that the student researcher makes to study subjects each night immediately preceding sleep will be able to influence subsequent dream recall. Findings support the hypothesis. Bibliography lists 5 sources. ...

A 5 page paper which examines the individual Jack Currier in Studs Terkel’s “Working.” The paper also incorporates the Phenomenological Model Of Work and Culture provided in a fax from the student. Source for this unknown. No additional sources cited.

A 19 page paper discussing the influence of culture on addiction treatment. Much of the research into drug use among Hispanics of the past has identified Hispanics only by cultural identification, without giving a clear picture of those cultural matters that can influence whether a Mexican American chooses to seek help in breaking an ...

10 pages. According to Freud, there is little good in the world that arises naturally and without coercion of one form or another, of one person to another. Man’s existence is rooted in aggression, and all individual concepts he had originated through his study of the mind Freud found he could apply to social ...

An 8 page paper comparing and contrasting Salvador Minuchin’s structural approach to treatment of anorexia to the more common strategic approach that seeks to treat only the anorexic. The paper contains no introduction and no conclusion, only comparison of these two approaches. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

This 11 page paper argues that the desire and ability to acquire a language is a characteristic which is present from birth. The paper considers this from both sides, looking at relevant evidence before forming a conclusion. The bibliography cites 7 sources.

A 5 page review of this theory of human thought and how it relates to language. Fodor argued that thoughts occur in a kind of mentalese. Fodor’s Language of Thought theory is interesting in its relation to the work of others in the field who argue over whether language is an innate or ...

6 pages in length. Not unlike a wild animal who pursues his prey, human stalking elicits the same sense of terror and doom from its unwitting victim. The very nature of stalking is often meant as a gesture of adoration in the mind of a psychologically unbalanced individual, as in the case of ...

This 26 page paper evaluates the psychological development of the normal child as opposed to one who turns out to be a bully. Bullying behavior is evaluated. The term is defined and bullies and their victims are discussed in depth. Bibliography lists 26 sources.

A 17 page paper examining the problems of alcohol and drug abuse in adults over the age of 60. Though increasing numbers of aging baby boomers may usher in the occurrence of many more cases of abuse of illicit drugs, currently it is prescription drugs and alcohol that cause the greatest number of substance ...

5 pages in length. There is nothing inherently wrong with being smart, unless the individual is a child who does not understand why he or she is having difficulty fitting in to his or her age group. Gifted children often feel shunned from others because they cannot readily relate to them on the ...

A 24 page paper discussing the influence of culture on addiction treatment. This paper includes a 5-page section on clinical implications not contained in the shorter paper of the same name. Much of the research into drug use among Hispanics of the past has identified Hispanics only by cultural identification, without giving a ...

A 5 page paper which examines how children develop social skills and what support can be provided to parents to enable them to raise their children to understand and respect others. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 5 page review of cognitive-behavioral counseling and its many applications. The author utilizes the example of this type of counseling as a preventative tool for pilot error. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

A 9 page paper discussing how work experience can affect adolescent workers. In many developed nations, adolescents choose to work at wage-earning jobs to contribute to further education, the ability to have a higher level of discretionary funds available or even to support a young family that may or may not have been planned. ...

A 15 page paper discussing compensation and job analysis in terms of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. The paper provides a thorough discussion of each of Maslow’s five hierarchical levels to conclude that the organization that can remain cognizant of Maslow's hierarchy of needs when designing or altering its compensation schedules can expect to be ...

This 8 page paper considers how employees left in a company after is has been downsized are affected. This that survive and remain may display a range of actions and attitudes, these may be constructive or destructive and may be passive or active. The paper looks at a range of research in this area to ...

A 6 page discussion of the mental condition of one of Shakespeare’s most notable characters. This paper assesses that condition under our modern understanding of depression. The Court physician is notified of Hamlet’s condition in the form of a letter from “The Psychological Association of the Future”. The physician is urged to ...

An 8 page exploration of the benefits provided by classroom-based pulmonary rehabilitation programs. Notes that conditions necessitating pulmonary rehabilitation can be direct pulmonary impacts as well as indirect conditions such are cardiac disease. While some patients willingly pursue rehabilitation classes, however, others refuse to pursue rehabilitation classes and some start such classes but ...